Miss and the Doctors review – a love triangle with wonky angles

This diverting romance from director-critic Axelle Ropert recalls Hal Hartley in its deadpan style, writes Mike McCahill

We Are the Best! review: ‘A spirited ode to anarchy and home haircuts’

Tom Shone: This warm, exuberant movie sees director Lukas Moodysson leaving his recent dark streak behind in favour of a joyful tale of 80s punk rock in the suburbs of Stockholm

Heli review – forceful litany of modern Mexican woes

A mix of lyrical, long takes and in-your-face violence makes for a tense watch in this drugs drama from Mexico, writes Steve Rose

An Autumn Afternoon review – Ozu’s exquisitely tender final film

Yasujiro Ozu's last film, now rereleased, is superbly composed family drama about a father and daughter both intent on sacrificing their own happiness for each other, writes Peter Bradshaw

A Touch of Sin review – ‘A shotgun blast at the dark heart of modern China’

This angry, bleak and brutal swipe at Chinese money worship, with echoes of Sergio Leone and Quentin Tarantino, is a radical departure for Jia Zhang-ke, writes Peter Bradshaw

The Heli director on why his film was too brutal – and honest – for Cannes

Jo Tuckman: A year on from winning at Cannes, the director says the furore over his film's violence was a sign of the hypocrisy of audience and critics, for whom barbarity is only offensive if it is truthful

Will the marriage of British and Chinese cinema be a happy one?

A new co-production deal is offering British film-makers the chance to grab a piece of China's booming but heavily censored movie industry. With so much at stake, asks Steve Rose, what kind of films can we expect to see from it?

Sorrentino’s The Early Years stars Michael Caine as conductor compelled to perform for the Queen

Oscar-winning Italian director's second English-language film, co-starring Rachel Weisz, begins shooting in Switzerland, reports Ben Child

Silent Sonata review – inane circus drama

There should be a word for a fear of films in which circus performers are a vehicle for deep and unmeaningful life lessons, writes Leslie Felperin

Before the Winter Chill (Avant L’Hiver) review – a bit too elegant?

Is this classy film, starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Daniel Auteuil, the modern equivalent of the French 'tradition of quality' that Truffaut warned us about, asks Peter Bradshaw

Ilo Ilo review – award-winning domestic drama set in Singapore

The tensions between a family and their Filipino maid make for an engaging film, writes Mark Kermode

In Bloom review – astutely observed coming-of-age drama

Mark Kermode enjoys a classy film set in 90s Georgia in which two teenagers search for independence

In Bloom review – teenage girls as prisoners of war

The effects of Georgia's conflict with Russia find turbulent expression in girls trying to grow up in a dangerous world

A Thousand Times Good Night review – Binoche’s tiresome martyred integrity

After a tense and promising start, the story of a war photographer's personal crisis presents an unconvincing picture, writes Peter Bradshaw

Ilo Ilo review – novelistic Singaporean debut by Anthony Chen

A brattish boy finds friendship with the domestic servant employed by his stressed-out parents in an impressive and sweet debut by a new Asian talent, writes Peter Bradshaw